frown upon

English

Verb

frown upon (third-person singular simple present frowns upon, present participle frowning upon, simple past and past participle frowned upon)

(transitive) To disapprove of.
Baiting fish is not illegal in this state, but strongly frowned upon.

Synonyms

Translations

facial expression

Finnish: paheksua (fi)
French: désapprouver (fr), réprouver (fr), ne pas voir d’un très bon œil (fr)
German: missbilligen (de), verpönen (de), unbeliebt sein, nicht gutheißen
Icelandic: líta á með vanþóknun
Italian: indispettire (it), disapprovare (it), corrucciare, corrucciarsi

Occitan: desaprovar
Portuguese: torcer o nariz
Russian: осуждать (ru) (osuždatʹ), порицать (ru) (poricatʹ)
Spanish: desaprobar (es), estar mal visto

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